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Saturday, October 13, 2012

BLOCK NO. 7 - ALICE'S FLAG

There was no Blockbase pattern for this one. So I made the block in a number of steps.

MAKING THE STAR

I saved a photo of Block 7 from Grandmother's Choice blog to my pictures .

From there I copied the image to EQ7. This gave me the correct size for the star.
Once I had the image, I created the star in applique.

I printed templates on freezer paper and from there cut out my five pieces from five different scraps. (I'm using my scraps so took a color for each point from the small pieces scrap pile. )

I hand pieced the star.

MAKING THE BACKGROUND

I used easy draw with a 6 inch block to make the exact proportions for the strips. I printed a template for the strip in an 8 inch block on heavy paper - construction weight. This was my no measure way of making it exact.
Adding a half inch to the template as I cut, I cut the strips from 3 different neutrals and machine pieced. I now had a block that was 8 and 1/2 inches.

APPLIQUE THE STAR

Using my centering ruler, I centered the hand pieced star and appliqued it to the background.

I loved making this block. I love to use EQ7. I love to hand piece. I love to applique. I love to use up my bitty scraps. What fun!

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My blog is about quilting and my progress as a quilter. I like to make up my own patterns and I often use EQ software to do that. So you will see EQ focused here from time to time. Most of my quilt work is by hand but I also like to machine quilt using my HQ Sweet 16. My hand piecing is made so much more enjoyable and perfect if I use Inklingo, so I use this tool and will focus on it many times in my Blog. Hand Applique is another of my passions and I'm a member of The Appliqué Society.
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